Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-05-03
W0FUL WRECK.
The Northern Pacific Comes in
tor Another Smash-Up on
Saturday,
And One Man is Killed and a
Score or More Seriously
Injured.
Brother Jones Stirs up the Chris
tians of the Flour City OF
the Northwest.
A GREAT WRECK

GREAT WRECK
On the Northern Pacific Doad-The Trair
Piled in q shapeless Heap.
The train from the east due here
Sunday morning WAS thrown from
the track four miles east of Sterling, 9
small station near Bismarck, and six
coaches were completely wrecked
The Bismarck Tribune furnishes q
complete account Of the accident, from
which we clip:
The wreck was occasioned by the in.
tense heat, which expanded the rails
and threw the cars from the track.
AT the time OF the accident the train
was going down grade at a lively rate
ofspeed, and the engine, mail and ex-
press cars passed over the dangerous
spot in safety. The baggage car was
hurled from the rails and the engineer
reversed steam with such force that
the entire train bounded into the air
and with the exception of the sleeping
car and uining car, the train left the
track, the baggage car and three Of
the coaches toppling over an embsnk-
ment Of about fifteen feet. The acci.
dent was 30 sudden that not word OF
warning could be given, and the pas
seDgers found the men Oh top of each
other, standing on their heads, hurled
against seats and stove. aud terrific.
ally shaken up before they knew that
the train was of the track. The man
killed was
wM. OTIS BREED,
Of Faribsult, Mimi, and had he re.
mained in his seat he would rot have
lost his life. When the train left the
track he was standing on the rear
platform OF the second emigraut cal
and he jumped. No sooner had he
reached the ground than the next car
toppled and crushed him to death in
an instant. There is something ex.
ceptionally pathetic in this case, al
young Breed was accompanied by his
father, mother, two sisters and little
brother, whom he had Induced 10
leave Faribault and start with
him for Washington Territory, where
he had prepared 10 take care of them.
The eldest sister, a pretty girl OF l6
WAS seriously injured, having her head
and eye fearfully bruised, and her es.
cape from death is unsccountsble, as
the entire car load of people were hurl
ed against her. In conversation with
the grief-stricken parents ii was learn
ed that the con who was killed was .
years of age, and that Tor the last tir,
years he has been the family's sup
port. The mother was broken heart
ed, and her touching reference to he
boy started tears from the eyes Of tn
strong men who were struggling to a
leviste the suffering Of the wounded
The father and mother stated that
would be folly for them to go to Wash
iugton territory, now that their FOL
was dead. and they will take the frs
east bound train !or II. Paul, return
ing to their old home at Fsirbault I
! ...t .I.na aa ha.t thew aap
THE INJURED
numbered about twenty-five, but no
over three were seriously injured. Th
most alarming wounds were inflicte
on Assistant Superintendent. .Scobell {
the Northern Pacific telegraph line,
and he WAS sent back to st. Paul las
evening. He has both legs broker
aud the doctors are Of the opinion ths
he received internal injuries whic
may result fatally. He was on tou
of inspection, and IN company with u
assistant and the passenger brakeman
was sitting 10 the baggage car. th
most dangerous place on tue trail
When the car left the track the i'm
mense trunks and boxes were hurle
about the car, and some OF them fe
upon Mr. Scobell. Strange TO say, tn
other two who occupied the car e,
capped without injury.
The two emigraDt cars were occu
pied by two companies OF soldiers, re
cruits for the western posts, and al
thoughsat the time the cars wer'
thrown into the air and went crash
ing to the ground on their roofs tn
soldiers were standing on the platform
between the cars, not one Of them wa
kpled. Five of the soldiers were in
Ijured, but none seriously, aud wheI
the bismarck relief party reached tn
wreck many Of the jolly boys In blu
had imblbed enough Of the "hospitt
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